A training room with tables and chairs set up for a CPR or first aid class, featuring manikins, medical supplies, and a large monitor displaying first response emergency care instructions.

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Four men are standing outdoors near a black car, engaging in conversation. One man is leaning against the car and holding a cigarette, while the other three listen. They are surrounded by trees and a fence, with fog or smoke in the background.

A paramedic providing emergency medical care to a man sitting on a chair, surrounded by a group of onlookers in a classroom setting with a whiteboard and medical supplies nearby.

People practicing CPR on mannequins during a training session indoors.

Medical personnel and others attending to a man with a bleeding arm and a bandage, in an indoor setting.

A police instructor demonstrating the cutting of a fake human limb to two trainees, one woman with a shirt labeled 'INSTRUCTOR' and a man with tattoos, in a training room with medical diagrams on the wall.

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People performing CPR on a person lying on rocky ground, with one person holding the person's arm and another using a defibrillator.

A man with a broken arm in a sling receives training in CPR from another man in an orange shirt, both standing in a room with chairs, mannequins, and CPR equipment.

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A woman with a ponytail wearing a red rescue vest and a blue jacket is smiling as a man assists her in wearing the vest in an indoor room with green walls and a blue informational bulletin board.

A person dressed in a red sweatshirt loading or unloading a canoe from the back of a black car, with another person inside the car.

Military personnel in camouflage uniforms conducting a medical or tactical operation behind a wooden barricade in an outdoor setting.

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OUR STORY.

K2 International was founded in January 2024 by husband-and-wife team Gemma and Michael Kidd, two experienced Specialist Paramedics with a shared passion for high-quality medical training and emergency care.

Gemma and Michael first met in 2013 while studying on their BSc (Hons) Paramedic Practitioner programme. Since then, they have built extensive experience in paramedic practice, clinical education, emergency response and medical consultancy, both locally in Northern Ireland and internationally.

Throughout 2024 we expanded our team to include a faculty of 17+ staff including every pre-hospital clinical grade from experienced Emergency Medical Technicians, to Advanced Paramedics to Consultant Anaesthetists.

Their work has taken them to a range of countries and challenging environments, supporting organisations including major energy companies, humanitarian charities, embassies and international response teams. Today, they bring that real-world experience back home to Randalstown, delivering practical, professional and approachable training through K2 International.

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what we do.

At K2 International, we specialise in practical medical education, emergency care training and clinical consultancy, with a strong focus on realistic, scenario-based learning.

Our courses are designed to build confidence, competence and decision-making in real-world situations. Whether we are training members of the public, workplace first aiders, community responders, healthcare professionals or emergency care teams, our aim is to make learning engaging, relevant and professionally delivered.

Our faculty includes experienced paramedics, clinicians, instructors and operational specialists from a wide range of backgrounds. Together, they bring decades of combined experience from healthcare, emergency response, education and international medical operations across countries including Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Uganda, Egypt, South Sudan, Mexico, Albania, Jordan, Germany, India and many more.

Most importantly, our teaching is grounded in current practice. Our staff are active, patient-facing healthcare professionals, ensuring that the training, support and consultancy we provide is informed by real clinical experience, up-to-date practice and a genuine understanding of the environments our learners may face.

HELP US RESTORE ECOSYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD

We specialise in pre-hospital emergency care, focusing on remote, austere environments. Committed to sustainability and the environments that we operate in, we use 100% renewable energy and plant a tree for every product or course sold on our site. Partnering with Sprout, we plant mangrove trees off Madagascar’s coast for every online sale over £1, aiding climate protection. We also support Leave Curious, Planet Wild, and Mossy Earth, contributing to ecosystem restoration worldwide. Every purchase helps us fund these efforts and deliver top-quality emergency care training locally and globally.

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Our FOUNDERS

MICHAEL KIDD, CO-DIRECTOR

Michael became a Paramedic Practitioner (Specialist Paramedic in Urgent Care) in 2017 and has operational experience on NHS 999 frontline Dual Crewed Ambulances (DCA) dating back to January 2014 and Rapid Response Vehicles (RRV) as a solo responder since 2017. Michael also has built a portfolio which includes GP surgeries, OOH GP clinics, event work, aeromedical transport and retrieval as well as operations in remote, austere and hostile environments.

In addition to these clinical credentials, Michael is also a qualified Teacher, Internal Quality Assurance Assessor and a Vocational Achievement Assessor.

As such, Michael has built an educational and clinical portfolio of operational experience spanning the UK, Ireland, Albania, South Sudan, Uganda, South Africa, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Mexico, Germany, The Netherlands and the Channel Islands.

A person in a uniform stands in front of a large screen displaying medical assessment information. There are anatomical models and medical supplies on the tables, and framed pictures on the wall behind.

A group of people gathered in a room watching a paramedic and another individual demonstrate medical procedure on a mannequin. There is a whiteboard with notes about yellow fever and other diseases, and medical supplies are on the floor.

GEMMA KIDD, CO-DIRECTOR

Like Michael, Gemma is also a qualified Paramedic Practitioner with 12+ years operational experience on both NHS 999 DCAs and RRVs as well as experience in other clinical settings such as custody suites and at events such as motocross, boxing, concerts and festivals.

But unlike Michael, Gemma was raised in the French Alps where she caught the remote medic ‘bug’ truly living the remote lifestyle until applying to Plymouth University to become a Specialist Paramedic in 2013.

Since starting K2 International and embracing the “nomadic medic” lifestyle, Gemma has started to build a portfolio of remote and austere care deployments providing clinical chaperone services for companies such as Boeing in the deserts of Spain and at the Royal International Air Tattoo.